20-Yard Dash

The 20-Yard Dash Softball Drill assesses players’ sprinting speed and acceleration, crucial skills in softball. It involves covering a distance of 20 yards in a straight line. For detailed analysis, we recommend testing with a 10-yard split, measuring initial acceleration. This setup requires 3 gates for the split or 2 gates without it.

This drill uses 2 or 3 Dashr|Blue Timing gates (3 if you have the 10 split). You likely already have your devices registered, if not – please check out the Flying Drill as it is the same process.

Step-By-Step Instructions

• You will use a 2-point start for this drill, so we recomment using the Flying dril or the 20 yard dash under port Collections > Softball > 20 yd Dash. Both will do the same thing.
• To set-up this drill you will have a starting gate on regular tripods extended to about waist height.
• If you are including a split, set that up on regular tripods as well.
• Set-up the finish laser at waist height at the 20 yard mark.
• Power on all lasers, and connect them one at a time.
• Once all devices are connected, press “Start Testing”.

Running The Drill

• Check in the appropriate athlete (details here) – optional.
• With QuickRun on, when the athlete moves through the starting gate -timing will start (time will turn blue – indicating that timing is taking place), and you get a result when you cross the next gate.
• With QuickRun off (option in settings) you will see “Set” and “Reset” buttons to give you control of when a test starts. Press “Set” once the athlete is ready to take off. Press “Reset” to clear the time for the next athlete.